Quality Life Services - Chicora: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Quality Life Services - Chicora is a 114-bed for-profit nursing home in Chicora, Pennsylvania, part of Quality Life Services. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.21 nurse aide hours per resident per day, about the same as the Pennsylvania average of 2.19, and 46.3% nursing staff turnover (Pennsylvania average 44.5%).
Quality Life Services - Chicora
160 Medical Center RoadChicora, PA 16025
Butler County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Quality Life Services - Chicora, nurse aides logged 2.21 hours per resident per day, about the same as the Pennsylvania average. With about 100 residents a day, that works out to roughly 219 aide hours a day, or about 27 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 6% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Pennsylvania avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.21 | 2.19 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.72 | 0.91 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.69 | 0.79 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.61 | 3.89 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.39 | 3.53 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
46.3% of nursing staff at Quality Life Services - Chicora left over the year CMS measured, against a Pennsylvania average of 44.5% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 58.3%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 5, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 34 health deficiencies (Pennsylvania average 10.1). CMS lists 1 fine totaling $91,936 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 2025 | Fine | $91,936 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Quality Life Services - Chicora holds 1 of 5 overall; the Pennsylvania average is 3.0.
About Quality Life Services - Chicora
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Quality Life Services, 10 homes
- Legal name: Quality Life Services Chicora LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1967
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Quality Life Services - Chicora
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Quality Life Services - Sugar Creek Worthington | 4.9 | 114 | 1.91 | 3.45 | 43.6% | 2 | $246,480 |
| Sunnyview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Butler · SFF candidate · abuse citation | 9.7 | 220 | 1.68 | 3.01 | 43.3% | 1 | $30,011 |
| Concordia Lutheran Health and Human Care Cabot | 11.6 | 142 | 1.83 | 3.45 | 36.6% | 2 | $8,021 |
| Quality Life Services - Sarver Sarver | 13.7 | 66 | 1.93 | 3.55 | 70.6% | 3 | None |
| Embassy of Saxonburg Saxonburg · SFF candidate · abuse citation | 13.8 | 68 | 1.89 | 3.36 | 52.0% | 1 | $339,073 |
| Snu Armstrong Co Memorial Hosp Kittanning | 14.4 | 17 | 2.27 | 8.65 | 20.0% | 3 | None |
| Armstrong Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Kittanning · SFF candidate · abuse citation · no staffing data submitted | 15.0 | 113 | — | — | — | 1 | $37,899 |
| Kittanning Health & Rehab Center Kittanning | 17.8 | 119 | 2.04 | 3.65 | 62.6% | 2 | $130,873 |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.